The power of half
Subtitle: one family's decision to stop taking and start giving back
By: Kevin Salwen & Hannah Salwen
Contributors: Salwen, Hannah
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston [Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780547248066
Other titles: Power of one half; Power of 1/2
Description: It all started when 14-year old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice, had a eureka moment when she saw a homeless man juxtaposed against a glistening Mercedes coupe. "You know, Dad," she said, "If that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal." This glaring led the Salwen family of four, caught up like so many other Americans in this age of consumption and waste, to follow Hannah's urge to do something--so they embarked on an incredible journey together. They decided to sell their Atlanta mansion, buy a house half its size, and give half their profits to charity. At first it was an outlandish scheme, then it became a challenge: "We are TOTALLY doing this." Each week they met over dinner to discuss their plan--which would transport them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone, and bring them closer as a family.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: The treadmill; title: You don't know till you listen; title: Deal or no deal; title: The power of half; title: If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there; title: Outside the comfort zone; title: What do we do?; title: In the villages; title: Transformation observed.